Software Data Engineer, Sensing & Connectivity

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 278.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Relocation assistance

Zusammenfassung

Apple in Cupertino seeks a Software Data Engineer to build tools, data pipelines, and evaluation platforms that support scalable model evaluation across many runs. You will own features from prototype through production, using lean code practices and CI/CD in a quality-first environment.

The role emphasizes reliable data architectures, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and deploying production-grade services.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field, or 3 years of experience.
• 3+ years of experience building and operating production software in Python.
• Experience debugging distributed systems or data pipelines in production.

Aufgaben

• Develop and support new and existing features in a hands-on capacity.
• Build tools and services that support model evaluation at scale.
• Build and maintain pipelines for evaluation datasets, run results, and metrics.
• Design data models and storage that make evaluation results reproducible and queryable.
• Deploy, monitor, and operate services on production-grade infrastructure.

Kenntnisse

Distributed systems debugging

Input validation design

Agentic AI coding tools

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

CI/CD

Logs & metrics tooling

Jobbeschreibung

Software Data Engineer, Sensing & Connectivity

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new insights have a way of becoming extraordinaryproducts, services, and customer experiences very quickly. We are looking for a Software DataEngineer to build the tools, services, and data pipelines that support model evaluation at scale,across many models and high volumes of evaluation runs. You will join a team that takes aquality-first approach to build solutions that keep our systems reliable and accurate. The idealcandidate owns their work from prototype through production, is fluent with agentic codingtools, and keeps codebases lean through disciplined code review, branching, and CI/CD. If youwant your evaluation work to shape how models ship, we'd like to hear from you.Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead togreat work. Every new product we build, service we create, or experience we deliver is the resultof us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a beliefthat we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better.It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs througheverything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here,you'll do more than join something — you'll add something.

Description

Our team builds frameworks, services, and tools that accelerate feature development forengineering teams. We bring a quality-first perspective to end-to-end solutions: dependablesystems that our engineering teams can trust day after day.In this role, you'll apply your quality engineering expertise to the evaluation workflows thatmeasure the reliability and accuracy of generative AI systems. You'll integrate our evaluationplatform with enterprise services, build the data pipelines that capture and store evaluationresults, and establish validation frameworks that maintain Apple's standards for quality.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support new and existing features in a hands-on capacity.
• Build tools and services that support model evaluation at scale.
• Build and maintain pipelines for evaluation datasets, run results, and metrics.
• Design data models and storage that make evaluation results reproducible and queryable.
• Design and maintain validation frameworks that measure the reliability and accuracy of
• synthetic data.
• Integrate the evaluation platform with enterprise services.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to coordinate the complex interdependencies of application
• development.
• Deploy, monitor, and operate services on production-grade infrastructure.
• You bring:
• A commitment to lean codebases: small, focused, well-tested changes, reuse of existing
• components over new ones, and deletion of what is no longer needed.
• Strong source code management practices, including code review (giving and receiving) and
• disciplined branching.
• CI/CD experience: automated testing, reproducible builds, and safe rollouts.
• Data engineering experience building and operating pipelines and data stores.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or 3 years
• 3+ years of experience building and operating production software in Python.
• Experience debugging distributed systems or data pipelines in production, using logs, metrics,
• and task state to find root causes.
• Experience designing input validation and configuration contracts for systems where late
• failures are costly.
• Proven, hands-on use of agentic AI coding tools in day-to-day software development,
• including judging where they are effective and where their output needs human verification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with model evaluation frameworks or ML infrastructure.
• Experience working directly with partner teams or internal customers to define and ship
• features.
• Experience measuring the domain gap between synthetic and real data, including visual
• statistics and non-visual properties such as metadata and label distributions.
• Experience with generative image, video, or large language model APIs, including structured
• output.
• Familiarity with image and video file formats and metadata standards.
• Experience with batch compute platforms or job schedulers.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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